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EE 442 Homework #4
(Spring 2019 – Due February 25, 2019 )
Print out homework and do work on the printed pages.

Problem 1 Double-sideband suppressed carrier signal (24 points)

A carrier signal cos(Ct) is combined with a two-tone message signal m(t),

m(t )  2 cos(mt )  3sin(3mt ),

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where m = 5  103 radians/sec and C = 2  104 radians/sec.

(a) Write an expression for the modulated signal DSB(t) = m(t)cos(Ct).

(b) At the receiver the modulated signal is input to a demodulator as

shown below.

DSB (t) x(t) y(t)

filter

3cos(ct)
The carrier at the demodulator is 3 cos(ct) and is followed by a filter.
Write an expression for the signal x(t).

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(c) Describe the filter parameters (or requirements) that you must choose
to recover the message signal m(t) from x(t)?

Problem 2 AM Signal Spectrum (24 points)

In generating an AM signal let the message signal be (two tones constitute m(t)),
m(t )  2  cos (2 10t )  cos (2  20t ) ,
which is modulated by a carrier frequency fC of 600 kHz, and where the unit of time t is
milliseconds. The AM signal AM(t) is given by
 AM (t )  5  cos(2  f C t )  m(t )  cos(2  fC t ).
(a) Sketch the magnitude of the spectrum of AM(t), that is, AM(f). What is its
bandwidth?

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(b) What is the modulation index ?

(c) The AM signal is passed through an ideal high-pass filter with corner frequency at
595 kHz (i.e., the filter passes all frequencies greater than 595 kHz). Sketch the
spectrum after filtering. Is this a single-sideband transmission after filtering?

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Problem 3 AM Modulation Index & Power Efficiency (17 points)

The waveform shown below is a tone modulated AM signal as might be

displayed on an oscilloscope. Both the carrier and the message (single-
tone) are sinusoidal. Find the modulation index  and power efficiency  of
this AM signal.

Amplitude
(volts)

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0

-1

-2

-3

-4

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Problem 4 Nonlinear AM Modulator (20 points)

The circuit diagram below shows a square-law modulator. The signal

applied to the nonlinear device is of sufficiently low level that the
characteristic of the nonlinear device can be approximated by

v2 (t )  a1v1 (t )  a2 v12 (t ), with v1 (t )  m(t )  AC cos(C t ) ,

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where a1 and a2 are constants, v1(t) is the input voltage and v2(t) is the
output voltage. Of course, m(t) is the message signal and the Ac cos(ct) is
the carrier signal. [From Haykin & Moher, 5th ed., 2009.]

Nonlinear
Device
+ + +
AC cos  C t 
_
v1 (t ) v2 (t ) RL
+ C
m(t) _ _
_

(a) Evaluate the output signal v2(t).

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(b) Describe the frequency response that the tuned circuit (capacitance in
parallel with the inductance of the transformer) must exhibit in order to
generate an AM signal with radian carrier frequency c

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Problem 5 AM Signal Spectrum (15 points)

Given an AM signal of the form

 AM (t )  Am  cos(2 40t )  12 cos(2 90t )   cos(2 f C t ),
plot the positive frequency spectrum versus frequency f and identify the
specific frequencies of the spectral lines and their amplitudes.

(f)

fC f